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And so we invite you to come into prison, not with the threat of punishment, but with the promise that Jesus will come crashing into your life. The people you meet will come crashing into the way you read the Bible. Before your eyes, their stories will become the stories of God’s people in exile, and the story of your path home.

It's the time of year in which we celebrate our parents. We've already celebrated Mothers Day and now it's time for Fathers Day. God's Word gives us these instructions within the ten commandments: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12) So shouldn't we follow these directives each and every day of the year? Nevertheless we've been given these holidays as an annual reminder to hold our parents in high regard, showing them love and appreciation.

Acts 2:44-47 describes how the first members of the church lived:
"All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,praising God and having the good will of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved."

In our work, I get to experience the Wind of the Spirit coaxing the Winds of Change everyday. Every day there is hope and excitement as we get one step closer to a new congregation or engage in a mutually beneficial ministry alliance or when good people of faith step forward in support of our work. Yes, there is a new wind blowing, and it is good – it is a blessing to God’s children, wherever accident of birth or consequence of choice has placed them. It’s validation that if ever there was a time, it is now for the church to step up and to be the church. The church can change the world. We can change the world. Jesus sent the Spirit to help us do just that.